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Germantown High School seen from Germantown Avenue. Germantown High School was a secondary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Germantown High School graduated its final class on June 19, 2013 and closed its doors that week. [1] GHS, located in Germantown, was a part of the School District of Philadelphia . The school was built in 1914.
Nov 17, 2023 · Developers are converting the former Germantown High School into a mixed-use development with approximately 240 apartments. The first 45 units are expected to be completed in the next 6-8 months.
- Aaron Moselle, WHYY
May 4, 2015 · Germantown High School was just one of many schools that became too great a burden for the school district to bear. In 2013, Philadelphia Public School Notebook reported that GHS was using just 31 percent of its building, with two thirds of the space sitting empty and unutilized.
May 17, 2024 · Germantown High was the neighborhood’s only public high school and had been a 99-year staple in the community before it was shut down. Read more about what will become of the space that previously housed Germantown High School in WHYY. _____ Editor’s Note: This post first appeared on PHILADELPHIA Today in November 2023.
Nov 17, 2023 · Germantown Development, a Philadelphia-based limited liability company, bought the high school from The Concordia Group in 2017, securing the necessary permits about two years later. The company plans to transform the interior of the property over four phases and offer studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments.
- Aaron Moselle
Jun 21, 2013 · Germantown High is one of 23 schools and seven high schools closing due to the Philadelphia School District’s budget cuts this year. A number of GHS underclassmen trickled in and out of the 99-year-old building Friday morning for final goodbyes of their own. Tears, hugs and nostalgia
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Dec 3, 2021 · Located in a suburban neighborhood in Philadelphia's northwest corner, the school provided Germantown youth with a first-rate education and the necessary credentials to secure a prosperous future. In 2013, almost a century later, William Hite, the city's superintendent, announced that Germantown High was one of thirty-seven schools slated for closure due to low academic achievement.
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